That’s not so much about Russia as it is about the west. The neoliberal consensus that dominates western democracy is really big on military spending and not so great at caring for and educating people. In a sane world they would recognize that a discontent populace is as much of a vulnerability as a weak military.
I think my explanation to another reply explains it.
The filibuster literally can’t be used on a reconciliation bill. It’s just not a thing. Democrats used other Senate rules to effectively filibuster the bill by forcing a full reading on the Senate floor. It’s not as effective as a filibuster, but it served the same purpose.
I’m sorry, but I just can’t take your demands of Democrats seriously when you can’t bother to even RTFA to understand what you’re demanding. And this is from someone who lothes the neoliberal establishment and especially Schumer. I’m entirely in your corner on the temporary budget, but that was not part of your previous comment or my response.
For the same reason they speak in reverence of Martin Luther King Jr. and pretend that liberals didn’t hate his guts back in the day.
On a long enough time scale the left always wins, and liberals always pretend that they backed the left the whole time and claim the victory for themselves.
“A liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one that’s going on right now.”
In the United States alone, 350,000 premature deaths can be attributed to fossil fuel pollution on a yearly basis. Then there is the impact of offshore oil spills, leaky pipelines, and the occasional refinary explosion.
All you have done in this whole thread is pearl clutch. This is a big part of why leftists and liberals all hate conservatives.
This all sounds like FUD to me. You might as easily complain about how much harder it is to refill the gas tank than swap the batteries a few times.
Lithium Ion batteries generally have a maximum optimal operating temperature of 122°F but will operate up to 176°F. If the temperature is approaching 176°F, I think the human will be the first thing to fail.
Also, nobody needs to lug around a full day of power. Spare batteries can stay in the truck until needed, at most you would have one spare on your person.
So, the fact that they already did the longest standing filibuster in US history missed your attention? The fact that they found a way to effectively filibuster this filibuster exempt bill is irrelevant? I guess you get points for being devoted to your narrative. How many Senate Democrats voted with the Republicans anyways?
It has never been guaranteed, so that much is true. Beyond that, this is just pointless doomerism.
I hope this new sport catches on.
I predict Mamdani and Trump will have similar arcs through the media landscape. The media hated Trump but just couldn’t stop paying attention to him, even though every time they attacked him it only made him stronger. Now they are all bending the knee to him.
The same exact thing is happening with Mamdani, but this time for all the best reasons. Mamdani’s campaign might easily become a nationwide avalanche.
rightwing forces of state repression can easily push around a left that’s been trained and groomed to function as entirely beholden to corporate sponsors and big money donors.
That’s not a “left” at all. There are traditionally three groups that vie for power, royalty, merchants, and the people. The left serves the people, Democrats serve the merchants, and Republicans are the royalists.
The Democrats may represent the left some day, but it’s not who they are right now.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking this is a legitimate implementation of such a system. It will absolutely be intentionally flawed in ways that allow the disenfranchisement of millions of Americans citizens. That’s 100% what always happens with Republican initiatives to “protect” elections. It will be made trivial to “accidentally” remove legitimate voter registrations, and a labyrinthian bureaucratic process to correct them.
That’s kind of my point. It’s turtles all the way down.
Are you referring to the three ancient Democratic House members that died in office? It does seem a little vindictive to blame them, but I guess it wouldn’t be unreasonable. It might make more sense to blame the Democratic voters who keep renominating these decrepit fucks.
The Natives “moved” to Texas to steal it from the previous group of natives.
I can’t believe I’m playing defense for MTG but, voting for the bill in the House was a low risk action because there was absolute certainty that there would have to be back and forth with the Senate. The vote in the house was basically a vote to get the process started in the Senate.
The bill as a whole though is still absolute shit stuffed with one horror after another. I do hold everyone who voted for it responsible for that. I just don’t think it’s a big deal that she voted for some specific aspects that she later opposed. That’s just how the process of Omnibus bills works.
I can’t stand Obama, but I might just get behind this just for the entertainment value. Bonus points if they give it to him for the Iran deal Trump ripped up.
Who doesn’t love a good screw?
The out-of-touch part is that every time they try to smear him they just make people like him more.
Thanks! I just wish it wasn’t insight from watching America get conquered from within over the last few decades.